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Further to its April announcement, BC Hydro is moving forward with its 2025 Call for Power (2025 Call). As part of the 2025 Call, BC Hydro issued a request for proposals (RFP) on July 28, 2025. The RFP aims to acquire up to...more
A recent Supreme Court of the State of Hawaii decision permitted climate-related claims against major petroleum and gas companies to proceed toward trial. The decision in City and County of Honolulu v. Sunoco LP allows...more
In light of a recent IRS Private Letter Ruling addressing public utility property and loss disallowance rules, here are six key items to be aware of today in tax equity transactions for renewable energy projects owned by...more
On July 16, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) overhauled its regulations under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), which had been largely unchanged since 1980....more
In Private Letter Ruling 201923019 (Feb. 21, 2019) (publicly released on June 10, 2019), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) addressed a state statute that allowed a regulated public utility to acquire an unregulated solar...more
A recent North Carolina Court of Appeals decision, State of North Carolina ex. rel. Utilities Commission, et. al. v. N.C. Waste Awareness and Reduction Network (NC WARN), affirming an order of the North Carolina Utilities...more
On September 19, 2017, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“Court”) held that companies that install solar panels on customer rooftops are “public utilities” under state law, at least when they retain ownership of the...more
The Court of Appeals of North Carolina (“Court”) addressed in a September 19th opinion whether an entity supplying and operating a system of solar panels to a North Carolina facility is a “public utility” under North Carolina...more
In Depth - On June 10, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2016-36 (the Notice), updating the safe harbor (Safe Harbor) regarding transfers of property from an electricity generator to a regulated...more
This case law update describes a selection of renewable energy cases from 2015. It is not intended to address all renewable energy cases over the previous year, but rather, highlight a few that are more likely to be of...more